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The Temple of the Mind

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Public Domain

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Public Domain

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Albert Pinkham Ryder

American, 1847-1917

The Temple of the Mind, before 1885

oil on wood

support: 17 3/4 x 16 inches (45.08 x 40.64 cm); framed: 27 1/2 x 25 5/8 x 3 inches (69.85 x 65.0875 x 7.62 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Gift of R.B. Angus, Esquire, 1918

1918:1

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Inscriptions

signature, undated / lower left / Ryder

Provenance

purchased from the artist by Thomas B. Clark, New York, 1885;
sold at auction, "The Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke," American Art Galleries, New York, Part 1: February 14, 1899, no. 39;
collection of R. B. Angus, Montreal, by 1901;
donated by Angus to the Albright Art Gallery, September 18, 1918

Class

Paintings (visual works)

Work Type

Oil painting (visual work)

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